Dispensing carton



Sept. 29, 1931 L. v.YouNe 1,824,862

DISPENSING CARTON Filed D50. 12. 1929 z 8 WIT/V2155 I Alan? K mun 6Patented Sept. 29, 1931' UNITED STATES PATENT 0mm LLOYD V. YOUNG, OIGLENBROOK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB '.l!0 POND'S EXTRA 0'1 COMPANY, OF NEWYORK, N. Y, A. CORPORATION OF DELAWARE msrmeme cm'ron This inventionrelates to dispensing cartons of paper, cardboard orother tearablematerial, and has for its object to provide an improved constructionwhereby the goods e accontained in such cartons may be m cessible bytearing away a portion of the cartons to ex ose t e goods and permittheir withdrawa but without destroying or seriously impairing thecartons as storage receptacles.

The invention resides in the improved structure of the cartons and, whenused for dispensing paper or other material in the form of sheets, theinvention resides further in an improved manner of packing the goods inrelation to the tear-out means.

In the drawings there is shown by way of illustration a cartoncontaining cleansing tissues of absorbent paper, but it will beunderstood that the form or the carton is not of the essence of theinvention, except as hereinafter pointed out, and it is adapted for usein dispensing a wide variety of articles and loose materials.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a filled, unbroken carton;

Figure 2 is a similar view ofthe same carton with the'tear-out strippartly removed and the contents of the carton exposed;

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33' of Figure 1, andshowing the carton in its unbroken state; and

Figure 4 is a transverse section, similar to Figure 3, but with thetear-out strip removed and a portion of the contents withdrawn, anotherportion being partially withdrawn.

- In itsgeneral features the carton may be of ang known or suitableconstruction, and may e fabricated in any suitable manner. The exampleshown in the drawings comprises a blank folded to provide a top 1, abottom 2, side walls 3, 4, and end walls 5, 6.- Preferably, and as shownin-the drawings, the top is integrally joined along its four edges withthe adjacent sideand end walls, and the bottom is hinged alon one of itslonger edges 2" and has a deep ap 2* at the opposite edge which liesagainst theinside of front side wall 4. Additional flaps are provided onthe side and end walls where required and as well-known in this art. Thecarton is packed from the bottom and the hinged bottom 2 is then closedand fixed in 65 position by means of an adhesive seal 7. It 1s intendedthat this seal shall remain unbroken, and that the contents. shall beremoved from time to time through a suitable aperture in the top 1, nowto be described.

The top -1 is provided with a tear-out strip 8, which 1s defined byparallel lines of weakness, produced in any suitable manner. As shown,the lines of weakness are formed by s aced perforations 9. The tear-outstrip 8' or the greater part of itslength is made I as narrow as therequisites of strength and convenience of handling permit, thus keepingto a minimum the weakening effect on the carton as a whole, which iscaused by tearing out the strip 8. Intermediate its ends, strip 8 has atransverse enlargement 11 to provide adequate workin room for thefingers when with-drawing t e contents. One end of the tearing strip,for example the left end 10, bears an a propriate symbol or legend toindicate t h operation starts at that end. Along the transverseboundaries of the strip, 12, 13 at the ends and 14, 14v at theenlargement 11, the strip is completely severed from the top 1. Thisfacilitates tearing out the strip 8. While the tearing operation willreadily follow the lines of perforations 9 in the longitudinaldirection, unsatisfactory results would be obtained if the line of tearshould change direction upon meeting and leaving the enlargement 11 andupon reaching the end 13. The transverse boundaries of the strip beingcompletely severed enables thestri to come ee without difiiculty andwithout danger of destroying the strip or damaging the carton. Severanceat the end 12 facllitates startin the tearing operation.

It willbe observe that the tear-out strip 8 runs lengthwise of thecarton, and is disv osed not on the median line of the top 1 but nearthe front edgf thereof. When the. carton is packed wit sheets of paperor other material, as for example cleansing tisat the tearing l towardthe median line sues 15, the sheets are referably folded rom each of twoopposite edges, and are piled one upon the other with the folded marginsuppermost. Preferably both margins are folded in order to give the pilesubstantially uniform thickness, but, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, thefolds do no quite meet the median line, and the edges of the right handfolds are disposed directly beneath the tear-out strip 8 or beneath theslit formed by removing the strip. On top of the pile of folded sheetsadvertising matter may be placed, for example, the folded circular 16having an edge exposed in the slit, and a smaller circulan 17 dpartiallyenclosed in the larger circular. 3J1

similarly exposed.

When the' tear-out strip is removed as heretofore described, theadvertising circulars 16 and 17 may readily-be removed by asping theirexposed edges within the enarged portion of the slit and the cleansingtissues may be similar y withdrawn by grasping theexposed marginal edgesof the uppermost pair of sheets and drawing them first rearwardly throuh the slit to free one side and then forwar 1y to free the other side.The location of the tear-out strip somewhat nearer the front of thecarton facilitates this operation of withdrawal, particularly for thefirst few pairs of sheets, since the front-section 1 of the top whichresists the initial backward with awing movement, is of less width thanthe rearward section 1. Since the initial movement of the sheetsrearwardly is necessarily attended by a certain amount of buckling inthe sheets themselves, a decided advantage is attained in thus reducinto a-minimum that marginal portion of t e sheets which is held down bythe front section 1.

I claim 1. A dispensing .carton having an elongated tear-out strip whichis transversely enlarged in a portion of its len h, the wall of thecarton being weaker in t e transverse portions of the lines definingsaid enlarged portion than in the longitudinal portions thereof.

2. A- dispensing carton having an elongated tear-out strip which istransversely enlarged in a portion of its length, the wall of the cartonbeing severed in the transverse portions of the lines defining saidenlarged portion and unsevered in the longitudinal portions of thestrip.

3. In combination, a dispensing carton having a tear-out strip andcontaining a bundle of sheets, each sheet having an edge aligned beneaththe tear-out strip.

4. In combination, a dispensing carton nausea die of sheets, each sheethaving, an edge aligned beneath the tear-out strip.

6. A dispensing carton havinga tear-out strip in one of its walls andlaterally spaced from the median line of said wall and a bundle ofsheets within the carton, each sheet having a marginal portion foldedupon its up er side, the free edge of the folded portion ing alignedbeneath the tear-out strip.

LLUYD V. YGUNG.

having a tear-out strip and containing a bundle of sheets,each-sheetvhaving a mar ginal portion folded upon its upper side, the

